Is it possible to overclock dual...
 

I have Dual P4s and have overclocked smaller single proccesors but i have worries about dual. My BIOS has seperate settings for each

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The principals are in theory the same on a dual cpu board as a single. You might wanna search the net to see if it has been done before with your mobo, incase you need help or support..

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Its been done before, cos ive tried it. Its a little more frustrating, cos the procs need to keep the same speed and about the same temp to (if one is significantly hotter it will run slower) but the difference in speed between the to can cause crashes ans freezing, but depending in the program running may not cause any problems. just make sure you have extra cooling and the setting for each proc are the same.

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Just remember to buy extra fans...

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What does it mean to overclock a processor. What r the pros and cons???

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overclocking is a proces of changing setting in the system for how your proc operates to allow it to run faster clock rates. the pro is cheap performance boost, the cons are that the proc will undoutedly create more heat which will were it down faster and shorten its life. this is when you usually here people talk about water cooling and other higher performance cooling options to counter the heat and maintain the stability and life of the proc.

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con: it voids Warranties

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They stay around 60 deg right now with 5 fans but i have reached 79 before.
Should i buy more fans or a cooling divice?

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I have an intel p4 2.4ghz processor and it get up to and over 100 degees. I have 4 fans 3 small rear and 1 large side fan. I'm not sure if my processor has a waranty on it.

Re: Is it possible to overclock dual...
 

sounds llike both of you should invest is watercooling or Peltiers if you want to go any farther, with overclocking

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How can you overclock a processor. is there any sites that show you how to do it? how much will it increse the speed by?

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I found a water cooling system. its $229 and comes with anti-alge adative:lol:

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i used distiled water, helps prevent algae. sometimes the performance increase seen by overclocking is neglegable, you would most likely see the difference if you ran a benchmark before the modifying and then ran it after succesful overclocking. run it a few times each and come up with an average. any application that requires a lot of redundant processing would witness a noticable boost, such as video editors.

good sites for OC info, and utilites
http://www.cpuid.com/index.php good good tool to se where your comp setting are.
http://www.overclockers.com/ may be the longest running OC forum.
http://is-it-true.org/nt/xp/registry/index.shtml other ways to speed up and maximize performance.

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When i bought my CPUs the manual said that they souldn't reach any higher than 80C and i am on the brakeing point with no lights on or anything. Does the system become unstable after 80 or something?

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teh system may still be stable but there are levels that have been tested that can cause say faster degradation of the material and well maybe its is less stable, the higher the temp the higher the current leak which i assume would weaken the signal thru the CPU.

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how do i run a test for cpu speed???

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heres a good all around benchmark
http://www.futuremark.com/download/?3dmark03.shtml
this is a sytem benchmarker with other good utilities.
http://www.sisoftware.net/index.html...on&langx=en&a=